Alan D. Schwartz, the former chief of Bear Stearns when it collapsed in 2008 and was absorbed by JPMorgan Chase, told Andrew Ross Sorkin that a proposed $11 billion settlement with the Justice Department “doesn’t feel like it makes sense, but it makes good headlines.” Read more…

In Sunday night’s episode of AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” Charlie Rose, portraying himself, cites a fictional column by Andrew Ross Sorkin about a $28 million charitable donation that is made after news linking a drug company’s founders to a meth dealer.Read more…